Back to the home page Purpose of the study An estimate of the potential for growth in Charlestown A scoring system to prioritize land for protection Recommendations to Charlestown

Results

By this analysis, at full buildout Charlestown will have approximately 6,500 units,  a 44% increase from the 4,500 units in 1999. Under the current growth cap of 60 units a year, Charlestown could be built out by the year 2032.

The total area of Charlestown is about 24,000 acres, giving an overall density in Charlestown at full buildout of  4 acres per unit, including all openspace, water and tribal lands.

These results are also available in map form, to show the distribution of growth, and the extent of growth predicted in existing parcels.

  Area (Acres) Minimum Existing Units Maximum Existing Units Maximum Units At Buildout Minimum Units At Buildout
Currently Built and Will Have More Units Added
1960
150
170
680
680
Currently Builtout
4250
4190
4590
4590
4190
Currently Vacant and Will Be Built
6980
NA
NA
1500
1500
Parcels Will Remain Vacant at Buildout
7077
NA
NA
NA
NA

Please see the tables of results for additional tables of results of buildout.

A table of the results of buildout for every parcel is available here. This is file is approximately 1 MB in size, so it might take a while to download.

Download the Arc Info coverage: buildout.e00 16 MB

 

 

** The number of existing units is based on the tax assessors database. The number of units in parcels that had existing buildings on them had to estimated. The estimates varied by 404 units. The number of units estimated to exist in each tax code is available here. A further explanation of this is available in the assumptions page.

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